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Amazon, Netflix, More Sue Streaming Service Set TV

Submitted by Kenneth Kwok on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 07:46

From PC Mag: The entertainment industry has a never-ending fight on its hands against piracy. Typically we hear about one or more of the big publishers going after a company or individuals, but late last week, the entire entertainment industry came together to sue one company.

As GeekWire reports, on Friday a suit was filed in the US District Court in Central California against streaming service Set TV (a.k.a. Setvnow). What makes this lawsuit different from those that have come before it is the list of plaintiffs, which makes up basically the entire industry: Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Sony, Columbia, Universal, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros. are all there.

The lawsuit is a response to alleged piracy by Set TV. A $20 per month streaming service, the company offers promises access to over 500 channels. There is also a set-top box sold for those who want a complete solution. The problem is, Set TV is thought to be offering access to commercial streaming services without paying for that access. In other words, the streams are illegal and Set TV is profiting from them.

The content Set TV offers is described in the suit as a mix of recorded live transmissions converted into streaming-friendly formats, as well as on-demand streaming sourced from third parties that "illicitly reproduce copyrighted works."

The lawsuit requests an injunction to stop Set TV from streaming pirated material as well as $150,000 per work infringed. Depending on the extent of the piracy happening through Set TV's service, that damages bill could easily reach the tens of millions.